thrush in a chicken

RE: thrush in a chicken

Marie Kubiak — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:39:34 GMT

[quote user="Alexa Bardell"]

Do you use metronidazole for trichomonas? What dose do you use as I can find one for rafters and pigeons but not chickens

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Hi,

there is another thread recently on this very topic and the short answer is no, Metronidazole is a banned drug in chickens and there is no available alternative for treating Trich,

Marie

RE: thrush in a chicken

a.bardell — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:54:30 GMT

Hi Marie

Do you use metronidazole for trichomonas? What dose do you use as I can find one for rafters and pigeons but not chickens

Thanks

Alexa

RE: thrush in a chicken

Bob Russell — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:35:36 GMT

Crazy chick disease was my favourite but I did have to up my knowledge level later on!!

RE: thrush in a chicken

Niall Taylor — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:55:34 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]Fortunately I have a nurse who knows more about chickens than I do so just bluff and take cues from her.[/quote]

Ah, the art of veterinary medicine - "coma, huddling and death..." is all I can remember from the very few poultry lectures I had!

Niall

RE: thrush in a chicken

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:55:07 GMT

[quote user="Niall Taylor"]I thought this was Jamie Oliver's latest roast-dinner extravaganza - thrush inside a chicken inside a turkey inside an emu sort-of-thing.[/quote]We had a Lidl 4 bird roast last week. I believe it was turkey, goose, chicken and duck and very nice it was too!

I'll leave the serious stuff to Marie, especially as we are doing our annual 'chicken run' to a local special needs farm to check on the welfare of the stock on Thursday I might learn something. Fortunately I have a nurse who knows more about chickens than I do so just bluff and take cues from her.

RE: thrush in a chicken

Marie Kubiak — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:46:05 GMT

On our system it just comes up under nystatin dome

RE: thrush in a chicken

a.bardell — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:37:04 GMT

Thanks Marie

Is there a trade name or does it just come up as nystatin if I ask the nurses to order it in?

RE: thrush in a chicken

Niall Taylor — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:26:10 GMT

Oh, right - I thought this was Jamie Oliver's latest roast-dinner extravaganza - thrush inside a chicken inside a turkey inside an emu sort-of-thing.

I'd probably use povidone-iodine topically, meds in water are most unreliable, especially in a patient with mouth (?beak) pain.

Niall

RE: thrush in a chicken

Marie Kubiak — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:23:49 GMT

We diagnose based on cytology as loads of things look similar (trichomonas, candidiasis, bacterial infections, neoplasia, Capillaria and even weird cryptosporidial infections).

If it is Candida then I would opt for Nystatin- we can order it of an evening and have it the next day from our wholesalers. You may have the option to return it if her diagnosis is wrong!! I would avoid systemic antifungals given the potential for side effects especially hepatotoxicity.

Marie